Background
Kukla, Cynthia Mary was born on June 23, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Stanley A. and Eugenia (Markowski) Cukla.
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Cynthia Mary Kukla
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1973; Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1983.
Career
Associate professor art Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, 1983—1993. Professor art Illinois State University, Normal, since 1993. Lecturer art University London, 1985, 87, All Hallows College, Dublin, 1993.
Art reviewer Dialogue, Arts in the Midwest, Columbus, Ohio, 1989-1992. Panel chairwomen National College Art Association, 1989, 2001. Panelist Mid-American College Art Association, 1986, 95, 97, Southeast College Art Association, 1986, Impact-Kontakt Conference, Berlin and Poznan, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia, 2007.
Keynote speaker, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2004. Visiting professor Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006-2007.
Achievements
Membership
Conference developer, panel chair Gender and Ethnicity in Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1992. Member executive board Women's Studies program Northern Kentucky University, 1985-1992. Member American Association of University Women, National Museum Women in Art (Washington), Art Institute Chicago, College Art Association, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Nature Conservancy, Wilderness Society, Greenpeace Action League, Rotary, National Watercolor Honor Society, Watercolor United States of America Honor Society.
Connections
Children: Glenn D., Garth A.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Fellow, Millay Colony/Studios Midwest, 1986, 1988, Vermont Studio Center, 2003, 2003, Hungarian Multicultural Council, 2003, Virginia Center Creative Arts, Amhurst, Virginia, 2005. Grantee, Northern Kentucky University, 1985, 1987, 1990-1991, 1993, Kentucky Foundation Women, 1987, 1990, Kentucky Art Council, 1988, Illinois State University, 1994—2006, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, 2003. Paul Harris fellow, Rotary International.Fellow, Millay Colony/Studios Midwest, 1986, 1988, Vermont Studio Center, 2003, 2003, Hungarian Multicultural Council, 2003, Virginia Center Creative Arts, Amhurst, Virginia, 2005. Grantee, Northern Kentucky University, 1985, 1987, 1990-1991, 1993, Kentucky Foundation Women, 1987, 1990, Kentucky Art Council, 1988, Illinois State University, 1994—2006, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, 2003. Paul Harris fellow, Rotary International.